The2016–17Iraq FA Cup was the 28th edition of the Iraqi knockoutfootball cup as a club competition, the main domestic cup inIraqi football. A total of 19 teams from theIraqi Premier League and 41 teams from theIraqi First Division League participated. It started on 2 December 2016 and the final was played atAl-Sinaa Stadium inBaghdad on 22 August 2017 (the usual venue,Al-Shaab Stadium, was closed for renovation). It was the second Iraq FA Cup final to be held outside Al-Shaab Stadium, with the first being in2003.

The winners of the competition wereAl-Zawraa, who extended their record number of cup wins to 15 with a 1–0 victory overNaft Al-Wasat in thefinal thanks to a stoppage time goal byAlaa Abdul-Zahra.^[1]

The cup started with the first round, consisting of the 41 teams from theIraqi First Division League, 40 of which played against each other and 1 of which automatically proceeded to the next round. The second round consisted of the 21 qualified teams from the first round, 18 of which played against each other and 3 of which automatically proceeded to the Round of 32. The 20Iraqi Premier League clubs were to join the 12 qualified teams from the second round to form the Round of 32, butErbil withdrew from the tournament and therefore First Division League sideAl-Jinsiya were admitted into the Round of 32 to replace them despite already being knocked out.

The last cup competition saw almost half of the Premier League clubs withdraw from the tournament. To avoid this happening again, the Iraq FA announced that any Premier League team that withdrew would be fined and also deducted three points in the league. However, the Premier League had already finished by the time the Round of 16 came around, so teams who withdrew from that stage onwards faced no sanctions.

If a player received a second yellow card, they would be banned from the next cup match. If a player received a red card, they would be banned a minimum of one match, but more could be added by the Iraq Football Association.

TheIraq Football Association decided that from the Round of 16 onwards, there would not be an extra time period for matches that end in a draw; instead the game would go straight to a penalty shootout.

The following 60 teams participated in the competition:

• Bold indicates the team is still in the competition.

The rounds of the 2016–17 competition were scheduled as follows:

40 teams from theIraqi First Division League compete in this round, and 1 First Division League team (Badr Al-Iraq) is automatically placed into the second round.

Al-Jamahir vAl-Siyaha

2 December 2016	Al-Jamahir	0–3	Al-Siyaha
			60'Adil 73'Fawzi 79'Adnan

Al-Difaa Al-Madani vAl-Kadhimiya

2 December 2016	Al-Difaa Al-Madani	0–2	Al-Kadhimiya
			25',49'Abdul-Kadhim

Balad vAl-Iraq

2 December 2016	Balad	0–1	Al-Iraq
			71'Saleh

Al-Diwan vAl-Najda

2 December 2016	Al-Diwan	0–2	Al-Najda
			20',82'Qasim

Abu Ghraib vAl-Khutoot

2 December 2016	Abu Ghraib	0–1	Al-Khutoot
			78' Saad

Al-Iskan vAl-Jaish

2 December 2016	Al-Iskan	0–5	Al-Jaish
			8'Ali 14'Ali Dayikh 23'Yaseen 67',87'Ali Salah

Shabab Al-Adil vShabab Al-Meshahda

2 December 2016	Shabab Al-Adil	2–0	Shabab Al-Meshahda
	Abdul-Zahra 9' Shakir 13'

Al-Saha vShabab Al-Dawr

2 December 2016	Al-Saha	4–3	Shabab Al-Dawr
			Ibrahim Obeida

Samarra vJisr Diyala

2 December 2016	Samarra	7–1	Jisr Diyala
	Salah 6',7' Alaa 64',67' Tamateh 70' Ghalib 75' Ayoub 81'		Salah

Al-Maslaha vAl-Rusafa

2 December 2016	Al-Maslaha	1–0	Al-Rusafa
	Khalaf

Al-Etisalat vAl-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya

2 December 2016	Al-Etisalat	1–2	Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya
	Salman 37' (pen.)		16',74'Tamuh  Hussain

Al-Taji vAl-Ghadhriya

2 December 2016	Al-Taji	1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–3p)	Al-Ghadhriya
	Rashid		Bouti

Al-Hurr vTuz

2 December 2016	Al-Hurr	1–0	Tuz
	Hussein 65'

Salahaddin vAl-Mohandessin

2 December 2016	Salahaddin	2–1	Al-Mohandessin
	Younis 1' Mahmoud 52' (pen.)		Khudhair 47'

Biladi vAl-Atheer

2 December 2016	Biladi	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–5p)	Al-Atheer
			Ghalib Allawi Hussain

18 of the 21 qualified teams from the previous round compete in this round, while 4 teams (Al-Siyaha,Al-Kadhimiya,Al-Maslaha andAl-Jinsiya) are automatically placed into the Round of 32. Although Al-Jinsiya were knocked out in the first round, they were chosen to replaceErbil who withdrew from the tournament.

Al-Iraq vAl-Najda

9 December 2016	Al-Iraq	0–2	Al-Najda
			64'Jameel 77'Tariq

Al-Saha vSamarra

9 December 2016	Al-Saha	0–2	Samarra
			10'Tamateh 90+2'Ali

Haifa vAl-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya

10 December 2016	Haifa	0–4	Al-Sinaat Al-Kahrabaiya
			51',68'Jassim 86'Muegel 90'Jasem

Al-Shorta vAl-Jaish

27 March 2017	Al-Shorta	1–3	Al-Jaish
	Tariq 45+5'		36'Ahmed 57'Falah 77'Abdullah

Al-Naft vAl-Sinaa

27 March 2017	Al-Naft	2–3	Al-Sinaa
	Jawda Dawood		Tariq

Al-Zawraa vAl-Maslaha

28 March 2017	Al-Zawraa	4–3	Al-Maslaha
	Karim 20',31' Ali 45' H. Abdul-Amir 74'		25'Thajel 45'Al-Abdeen 90'Tah	Referee:Muntaser Ghazi

Al-Najda vAl-Talaba

14 August 2017	Al-Najda	1–3	Al-Talaba
			Koné Al-Ameen Yaseen

Al-Zawraa vNaft Al-Junoob

14 August 2017	Al-Zawraa	1–0	Naft Al-Junoob
	H. Abdul-Amir 73'

Al-Kahrabaa vAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya

14 August 2017	Al-Kahrabaa	0–2	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
			33' Jaffal 52'Radhi

Al-Zawraa vNaft Maysan

17 August 2017	Al-Zawraa	2–0	Naft Maysan
	Karim 5' Kalaf 76'

Amanat Baghdad vAl-Quwa Al-Jawiya

17 August 2017	Amanat Baghdad	1–0	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya
	A. Abdul-Amir 11' (pen.) Muhammad 44'

Al-Minaa vNaft Al-Wasat

20 August 2017	Al-Minaa	1–1 (3–4p)	Naft Al-Wasat	Najaf
	Husni 68'		50'Attwan	Stadium:Naft Al-Wasat Stadium

Al-Zawraa vAmanat Baghdad

20 August 2017	Al-Zawraa	3–1	Amanat Baghdad	Baghdad
	Karim 6',29' H. Abdul-Amir 35'		20' (pen.)A. Abdul-Amir	Stadium:Amanat Baghdad Stadium

Naft Al-Wasat vAl-Zawraa

22 August 2017	Naft Al-Wasat	0–1	Al-Zawraa	Baghdad
16:30BGD			90+5'Abdul-Zahra	Stadium:Al-Sinaa Stadium

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